Professor Emerita and Lecturer II, Psychological Sciences
- PhD, University of Southern California, Experimental Psychology
- Doctoral Degree, University of Oklahoma, Psychology
- MA, California State University, Long Beach, Psychology
- BA, California State University, Long Beach, Psychology
Dr. Annette Taylor has returned this Fall to teach a course after two years in retirement, which came after 29 years of dedicated service to USD and the Department of Psychological Sciences. Dr. Taylor came to USD in 1990, becoming its first cognitive psychologist and tasked with engaging undergraduate researchers. She has not only taught Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods and Introductory Psychology, she also created more specialized courses in Attention, Memory, Research Methods in Cognition, Research Methods in Memory, and even the Psychology of Food. Together with her side kick, Professor Patricia Kowalski, she conducted laboratory and classroom studies to try to figure out why students hold so many misconceptions about psychology and why those misconceptions are so hard to dispel. She authored and edited the Encyclopedia of Human Memory and published more than 20 journal articles and chapters. However, her most impressive achievement is the number of students Dr. Taylor has mentored in research and guided over the years. A fearless traveler, Dr. Taylor and her dedicated students have presented research at conferences across the country and abroad. Today, many of these students, some of whom are now professors themselves, are sharing their mentor’s guidance with their own students and colleagues.